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BWW Review: SEE THINGS LIKE YOU CD Is Top Quality Cabaret
This is one of those albums that you will find yourself listening to time and again....
BWW Review: SWEENEY TODD at Shaw Festival
From it's ominous sounding opening organ chords, Stephen Sondheim makes it clear that you are in for a macabre evening of theatre as his masterpiece SWEENEY TODD begins. What sounds almost too gruesome to be appropriate for a musical has over the years had audiences and critics alike arguing whether...
BWW Review: Victorian Charmer ENGAGED Right at Home at Royal George Theatre
The Shaw Festival has unearthed a bit of a gem, that in lesser hands may be considered no more than a cubic zirconium. W.S. Gilbert's ENGAGED is a frothy trifle that seems perfect for a midsummer's night. This delightful piece of Victoriana theatre can best be thought of as a play with thin operet...
BWW Review: A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE at SHAW FESTIVAL
Ever the consummate commentator of society and gender, Oscar Wilde has never been afraid of controversy or potentially offending member of both sexes. Never has this been more evident than in his 1893 A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, which is receiving a glamorous new production at the Shaw Festival in Nia...
BWW Review: ALICE IN WONDERLAND at Shaw Festival
The Shaw Festival in Niagara on the Lake has pulled out all the stops on it's glittering new production of Lewis Carroll's ALICE IN WONDERLAND. This new version adapted for the stage by director Peter Hinton incorporates newly composed music by Allen Cole. While often an asset, the music can also be...
BWW Review: AN IDEAL HUSBAND at BUFFALO'S IRISH CLASSICAL THEATRE
Buffalo's Irish Classical Theatre is doing what they so often do best- presenting a classic, like their current production of Oscar Wilde's AN IDEAL HUSBAND, with subtlety and care. Wilde is know for his comedies of manners and society, and in AN IDEAL HUSBAND we are treated to a delicate balance of...
BWW Review: LOVE LETTERS at 710 MAIN THEATRE
MACGRAW AND O'NEAL MASTER THE ART OF 'LOVE LETTERS'
Before cell phones, texts, tweets or facebook messages there existed that lost art of writing letters. Yes, I said art. Putting words to paper in complete sentences that share emotions as well as news of the day can be exciting to write and even m...
BWW Review: THE YEATS PROJECT at IRISH CLASSICAL THEATRE
Three of Buffalo's esteemed arts organizations have teamed together to present what is being called THE YEATS PROJECT: TWO PLAYS BY W.B. YEATS. This non-traditional event may best be described as a piece of performance art incorporating the talents of the Irish Classical Theatre, Lehrer Dance and To...
BWW Review: AVENUE Q at 710 Main Theatre
A joyous thing is happening at 710 Main Theatre. A group of irreverant puppets and some caricature humans have moved in on a street where you say what you mean and you mean what you say. This hilarious production of AVENUE Q presented MusicalFare had the attentive audience laughing at things they kn...
BWW Reviews: THE WIZARD OF OZ at SHEA'S BUFFALO Theatre
Escaping to Oz may be the fate for Dorothy, but her glorious adventure had patrons at Shea's Buffalo Theatre delighted to follow her down that infamous yellow brick road. The lavish new production of THE WIZARD OF OZ opened last night and had the audience enraptured with the familiar story. The cl...
BWW Review: FULLY COMMITTED at Irish Classical Theatre
Imagine a day at the office when no one else shows up but you. Well this underground office takes the reservations for an upscale Manhattan restaurant and the frenetic, frenzied and fast paced hijinks that ensue make up the delightful comedy FULLY COMMITTED playing at Irish Classical Theatre....
BWW Review: DIXIE'S NEVER WEAR A TUBETOP WHILE RIDING A MECHANICAL BULL at Shea's Smith Theatre
Shea's Smith Theatre is hosting everyone's favorite Tupperware lady, Dixie Longate, for the rest of this week and anyone yearning for some strong belly laughs, groans, and an all around 90 minutes of hilarity should head downtown. Dixie has been in town before in DIXIE'S TUPPERWARE PARTY, and this ...
BWW Review: PIPPIN at Shea's Buffalo Theatre
The 1970's was an era of self discovery, rebellion and personal exploration. Broadway was morphing from the stock musical comedy formula towards the darker issues of life not usually seen on the musical stage . There was a young Stephen Sondheim delving into the deep interpersonal relations of marri...
BWW Reviews: ALL MY SONS at Irish Classical Theatre
BRILLIANT CAST SHINES IN MILLER'S AMERICAN TRAGEDY...
BWW Reviews: THE END OF THE RAINBOW at THE KAVINOKY THEATRE
Real life is often more dramatic than stage drama, and in the case of Judy Garland, everyday life was a scary venture for the drug and alcohol addicted child star turned adult superstar....
BWW Review: ANNIE at Shea's Buffalo Theatre
The iconic 1977 Charles Strouse musical ANNIE opened last night at Shea's Buffalo to a large, appreciative audience. After the most recent Broadway revival that failed mostly due to a poor heavy handed directorial concept, Annie's original lyricist, Martin Charnin, chose to direct his version of thi...
BWW Reviews: THE SANTALAND DIARIES at Road Less Traveled Theatre
A disgruntled elf at Christmas time? Well, I'm sure everyone remembers Hermey, the wanna be dentist elf featured in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, who was unsatisfied with his elfin duties. But another elf story has become a holiday tradition on NPR and in regional theatres across the US. Humoris...
BWW Review: Man's Best Friend Triumphs in SYLVIA at 710 Main Theatre
A man and his relationship to his animal.... This notion has formed the basis of many books , TV sitcoms, and plays. There is the imaginary rabbit in Mary Chase's HARVEY, the goat in Edward Albee's THE GOAT, and most recently man's best friend, a dog named Sylvia in A.R. Gurney's hysterical ...
BWW Reviews: MATILDA at SHEA'S BUFFALO
A magical blend of a Grimm fairy tale, like HANSEL AND GRETEL, a Dickensian novel like OLIVER, and a childhoodhood fable like Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, and you have the makings of the new musical MATILDA, (also by Roald Dahl), that is playing at Shea's Buffalo Theatre....
BWW Review: OUTSIDE MULLINGAR at IRISH CLASSICAL THEATRE
As one would expect, Irish themed plays are best done by those who understand the people and terrain of Ireland. Pulitzer prize winning author John Patrick Shanley's newest play, OUTSIDE MULLINGAR, fresh from it's recent Broadway premiere, is receiving a touching, yet comedic production at Buf...
BWW Reviews: JASON ALEXANDER with THE BPO at KLEINHAN'S MUSIC HALL
A mix of borscht-belt comedy and Broadway showtunes, with a hint of neurotic sitcom hyperactivity. That's what an Evening with Jason Alexander with the BPO was like last night....
BWW Review: NEWSIES at SHEA'S BUFFALO
Disney's Theatrical Productions high energy stage version of the 1992 film NEWSIES opened last night at Shea's after a tryout at New Jersey's PAPERMILL PLAYHOUSE and subsequent Broadway run. Based on the Disney film, Harvey Fierstein's book delineates the struggle in 1899 of a group of newsboys w...
BWW Reviews: CHEYENNE JACKSON WITH THE BPO at Kleinhan's Music Hall
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra kicked off it's Bank of America's Pops Season in high style. Cheyenne Jackson brought his 'Music of the Mad Men Era' concert to Buffalo after a sold out performance at Carnegie Hall, and the attentive Buffalo audience was enthralled by the sexy young Broadway tenor...
BWW Review: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Irish Classical Theatre
Stephen Sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC elegantly opened the Irish Classical Theatre's 25th season....
BWW Review: FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE at 710 Main Theatre
Buffalo born playwrights and authors often have used their hometown as their setting, from A.R. Gurney to Tom Dudzick to Lauren Belfer. Now we can add Laura Pedersen, whose FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE opened the 710 Main Theatre season last night....
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Neglia Ballet Summer Gala Nichols Flickinger Performing Arts Center (6/27-6/27) |
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The Book of Mormon Shea’s Performing Arts Center (6/19-6/21) |
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The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity) Warner Theatre (6/17-6/18) |
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Girl On An Altar Irish Classical Theatre Company (6/12-6/28) |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Shea's Performing Arts Center (6/08-6/13) |
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NYSCA-Funded Performance in Buffalo: Bridging Acts (July 25, 2026) | 6:30-7:45pm Center for the Arts - University at Buffalo (7/25-7/25) |
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Tony N'' Tina''s Wedding Shea's Smith Theatre (3/05-3/21) |
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Shakespeare in Love Aurora Players (5/29-6/14) |
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Proof MuCCC (6/18-6/21) |
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THE DRESSER MuCCC (7/24-8/01) |
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